Two of my favorite movies of the last five years have been Animal Kingdom (directed by David Michod) and Hesher (co-written by David Michod). Which explains why I’m excited that Michod has teamed up with Megan Ellison and A24 to make The Rover, a Mad Max-esque existential western about a man on a sweaty, stinky journey through the dystopian outback to retrieve his stolen car– OH GOD I THINK I RUPTURED A BONER VEIN.

10 years following the collapse of society, a man will go to any lengths to take back the one thing that still matters to him.

Nice! A trailer that conveys pure tone without saying a single thing about the plot. Animal Kingdom was fawkin’ brilliant, so yes.. boners all around for this one. Note that Joel Edgerton is co-credited with “story by”.

So stoked for this. Animal Kingdom was awesome (as some here have already pointed out). Australia has been cranking out a lot of simple yet effective thrillers over the years, come to think of it: The Horseman, Red Hill, Chopper, etc. Plus, they’ve got Black Water and Rogue, two of the better killer croc movies.

After L.A. Confidential I thought Guy Pearce was going to be the big thing, which unfortunately hasn’t happened. We need him, Sam Rockwell, and every other actor/actress who probably should have been a big star but ended up doing really interesting smaller scale stuff to do an “Expendables” style movie.

If it’s one of the Rovers like they had in Until The End Of The World, then yeah; understandable. If it’s anything from the1980s onwards then I really wouldn’t bother. Oh, he’s the rover. He roves. Clever.